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Xanthisma

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Also known as sleepy-daisy

Xanthisma, common name sleepy-daisy, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderAsterales
  5. FamilyAsteraceae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
83
With media
68
Family
Asteraceae
Collections
IBUNAM, IDS, MO, SJNM, BRIT, GH
Recorded in
United States, Mexico

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Machaerantherinae
Image
Xanthisma spinulosum 3.jpg
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taxon name
Xanthisma
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Xanthisma
taxon common name
sleepydaisy
Commons category
Xanthisma
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Encyclopedic overview

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Xanthisma, common name sleepy-daisy, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

The generic name comes from the Greek "xanthos," "yellow", and "-ismos," "condition." It was first described in 1836 from material collected in "The Mexican Province of Texas." Species Xanthisma blephariphyllum (A.Gray) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. - TX NM Xanthisma coloradoense (A.Gray) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. - CO WY Xanthisma gracile (Nutt.) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. - CA NV UT CO AZ NM TX NY ME, Chihuahua Xanthisma grindelioides (Nutt.) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. - Alberta, Saskatchewan, MT ND SD NE WY CO UT AZ NV NM Xanthisma gypsophilum (B.L.Turner) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. - Coahuila, Durango, TX NM Xanthisma junceum (Greene) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. - Baja California, AZ CA Xanthisma paradoxum (B.L. Turner & R.L. Hartm.) G.L. Nesom & B.L. Turner - CO AZ UT Xanthisma spinulosum (Pursh) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. - Nuevo León, Coahuila, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, CA AZ NM TX AR OK KS CO UT NV ID WY MT ND SD NE IA MN Xanthisma texanum DC. - TX NM AZ OK Xanthisma viscidum (Wooton & Standl.) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. - TX NM

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